(DANGEROUS FEMALE, US 1931, 80 min., 16mm)

Update: Free copies of the Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon for the first 50 attendees! Provided for by Writers & Books

The first screen version of Dashiell Hammett’s classic detective novel is a snappy pre-code adaptation starring Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade

At 8:30 p.m.:

(William Dieterle, US 1936, 75 min., 16mm)

Dieterle’s unacknowledged and fun remake of The Maltese Falcon stars Warren William as detective Ted Shayne, and the great Bette Davis as the woman who drags him into a search for a sacred ram’s horn. Two films for one admission price. Supported in part by The Big Read project at Writers & Books. George Eastman House members’ price extended to Writers & Books members.